Faces and Places

Max Wallack of Natick, Mass., a Boston University student and the 2014 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award grand prize winner, poses with Tom Brady, Andre Tippett, Robert Kraft, Jerod Mayo and Joe Andruzzi on the Gillette Stadium field. Wallack received a $25,000 grant for his organization, Puzzles To Remember, which provides a line of therapeutic puzzles made specifically to meet the needs of Alzheimer’s patients. Each Community MVP received grants for their respective nonprofit organizations from the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. Fifteen New England-based organizations were presented with $5,000 grants in honor of their volunteers’ work, and 10 others received grants of $10,000.Photo by: COURTESY OF PATRIOTS / CHRISTY BERKERY

NFF hall inducts New Jersey’s Christie

Members of the National Football Foundation board of directors joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie before his induction into the NFF Leadership Hall of Fame at the New York Hilton Midtown on June 4: General Electric’s Jeff Immelt, CBS’s Jack Ford, Hampshire Real Estate Cos.’ Jon Hanson, Christie, the NFF’s Steve Hatchell, former Boston College AD Gene DeFilippo and the Big Ten’s Jim Delany.Photo by: MIKE MCLAUGHLIN

Father of the Year

Bob Gutkowski, partner at Innovative Sports & Entertainment, was honored as a Father of Year by the American Diabetes Association during a ceremony June 4 at the Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y. From left: Tara Gutkowski Schwartz of the NBA, Bob Gutkowski, Matt Gutkowski of the rEal Group.Photo by: PHOTOBUREAU INC.

At play in San Antonio

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich and Spurs general manager R.C. Buford cut the ribbon June 6 to officially open the NBA Cares Learn & Play Center in San Antonio as part of activities around the NBA Finals.Photo by: NBAE / GETTY IMAGES